I got one of these a month ago and so far I'm really happy with it. I have it set up with the WD TV Live. It is a solid build and runs cool. The only slightly distracting thing is the flashing white light on the front, but other than that I would recommend. And for this price you cant really go wrong!

16th Mar 2010

This hard-drive is great. Good deal!

16th Mar 2010

just got one last week for £90 grrr. happy so far although it took 9 hours for me to copy 660gb from an internal sata2 7200rpm drive to this. as already pointed out the light is annoying on the underside, but you can block it out with some tape.

16th Mar 2010

The spindown with this gets really annoying. If you leave the drive for 5 minutes inactive, there is a delay when restarting it. annoying whilst resuming music or movies. But otherwise great drive.

16th Mar 2010

can this be stood sidewards?

16th Mar 2010

darkspark88;8116411

The spindown with this gets really annoying. If you leave the drive for 5 … The spindown with this gets really annoying. If you leave the drive for 5 minutes inactive, there is a delay when restarting it. annoying whilst resuming music or movies. But otherwise great drive.

thats because its an eco drive inside aka a samsung f2. will save the drive a lot of wear and tear. if you want instant speed u should have gone for a 7200rpm esata drive.

16th Mar 2010

fcuk;8116425

can this be stood sidewards?

no.

16th Mar 2010

very good drive, got this from amazon last year for £85 when it was just released, but price has stayed around the same ever since, was hoping more retailers would stock it and bring prices down a bit. As already mentioned quirks of the drive, dimmable light at the front, and spin down of the drive after inactivity saves wear & tear etc, but it's quite a well built external hdd.

btw both £5 vouchers, PLANW10 and PLARBS10, tried both on a Laptop yesterday but both didn't work (saying voucher can't be used with certain products), afaik laptops are in the Computing category and so is this external hdd?

16th Mar 2010

Would have hoped for under £80 for a 1.5tb drive.Similar £ per gb deal compared to the Seagate 1tb at Tesco.Don't forget cashback.

16th Mar 2010

f**kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk I bought this on friday from ebuyer for £95 to be delivered today

16th Mar 2010

Probably one of the ugliest drives out there. Would have looked a lot better with Samsung on the front. Story looks like some cheap no name make.Good price though for 1.5tb.Heat.

16th Mar 2010

bradmca;8116644

f**kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk I bought this on friday from ebuyer … f**kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk I bought this on friday from ebuyer for £95 to be delivered today

You have a 10 day no quibble money back guarantee with Ebuyer, you just have to pay the return postage. Might be worth it for the difference.

16th Mar 2010

So should I go for this or the Iomega which is supposed to have the Samsung F3 drive inside?

Also Iomega comes with 3 year warranty.

16th Mar 2010

Codes not working for me

16th Mar 2010

I've got one of these and have had it stood on it's side for 4 months+. No problems at all.

The power down does kick in quite quickly, but it only takes a few seconds to spin back up.

Good drive IMO.

16th Mar 2010

Good drive but if the voucher is not working its not really a deal. Know anyone selling the Esata version of this?

16th Mar 2010

Argos are charging £119.99 for this drive. Hard to believe everyone used to go to Argos for the bargains.

16th Mar 2010

Does the voucher definitely work for this? I know it doesn't work in the "electronics" category.

16th Mar 2010

I've had one running for about 6 months, i did have a DOA though, faulty PSU. The only option they gave me was to send it back for a full replacement, not repair. Any data on it is lost.

Other than that, solid little drive, neat stackable design, very quiet and power efficient. I will buy a second one to back up the first one.

Also uses standard micro-USB cables which i think are much better than printer style A-B USB cables. And everyone has spares.

Price has budged just £5 in 6 months though, i expected a bigger drop :thinking:

16th Mar 2010

play bunged another fiver back on the price now.....

16th Mar 2010

sossidge;8118546

play bunged another fiver back on the price now.....

Still showing as £89.99.

OP said to use the £5 discount voucher to get it to £84.99

16th Mar 2010

Codes not working for me either.

16th Mar 2010

dra_uk;8119078

Codes not working for me either.

This happened last time to me, they issued two codes for a £5.00 saving, both codes were rejected so I bought elsewhere.

16th Mar 2010

bornagainst;8116873

I've got one of these and have had it stood on it's side for 4 months+. … I've got one of these and have had it stood on it's side for 4 months+. No problems at all.The power down does kick in quite quickly, but it only takes a few seconds to spin back up.Good drive IMO.

[FONT=Verdana][COLOR=Navy]+1[/COLOR] - I have two of these (purchased last year from Amazon UK) and they are great little runners plus the case is quite solid for them as well.

Cheers, Scotty Boy! :thumbsup:[/FONT]

17th Mar 2010

Thanks for posting the deal but I cant get the codes to work either.Its weird but the fiver makes the difference to me. Ill happily pay 85 quid for something I dont need but not 90 quid! Ahhhh .... my irrational deal seeking mind.

17th Mar 2010

Torex;8127236

Thanks for posting the deal but I cant get the codes to work either.Its … Thanks for posting the deal but I cant get the codes to work either.Its weird but the fiver makes the difference to me. Ill happily pay 85 quid for something I dont need but not 90 quid! Ahhhh .... my irrational deal seeking mind.